Madeleine Westerhout, the longtime personal assistant to President Donald Trump, abruptly resigned on Thursday after…
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That the current occupant of 1600 Pennsylvania Ave has a decided case of soup brain is beyond dispute. That the man c…
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President Donald Trump officially announced plans to nominate Eugene Scalia as his next Labor Secretary on Tuesday. Scalia happens to be the the son of former Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, and like his father, would likely work to make this country a demonstratively worse place to live. Read more
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A judge ruled on Monday that pharmaceutical juggernaut Johnson & Johnson must pay more than $500 million to the state of Oklahoma for its role in fueling that state’s opioid crisis. Sure, that’s a lot of money, but for context, the company made $81 billion in sales last year. Read more
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